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4 unusual facts about King Tvrtko


Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Middle Ages

He was succeeded by his nephew Tvrtko who, following a prolonged struggle with nobility and inter-family strife, gained full control of the country in 1367.

Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The diagonal white line is actually supposed to symbolize the sword of Tvrtko and his might as a ruler.

Foča

With Gornje Podrinje Foča was part of the old Serbian State up to 1376, when it was attached to the Bosnian State under the reign of King Tvrtko.

Turkish Croatia

It was only in the 14th century, when Croatia was weakened, that the medieval Bosnian state under King Stjepan Tvrtko I grew in both, size and power, and eastern and southern parts of Croatia were subjected to Bosnian domination.



see also

Travunia

With Nikola Altomanović's defeat, the Serbian-Bosnian King Tvrtko took the area in 1377 and it has been a component of Herzegovina ever since.